Surveillance footage noted in/ attached to police report #2023000633
Dear Ridgefield Park Village,
This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form. Please acknowledge receipt of this message.
Records requested:
video file/ copy of surveillance footage noted in / attached to Police report #2023000633 for the accident which occurred on 1/20/2023
Yours faithfully,
Seton Helwig
Seton Helwig,
The Ridgefield Park Police Department received your Open Public Records
Act (OPRA) request on February 22, 2023. As such, the seven (7) business
day deadline to respond to your request is March 3, 2023. This response
is being provided to you on the seventh (7th) day since the police
department’s receipt of said request.
Your request sought access to the following:
Video file/copy of surveillance footage noted in/attached to Police report
#2023000633
No Records were located that are responsive to your request:
The RPPD did not respond to the incident regarding Police report
#2023000633. This particular incident was handled by the New Jersey State
Police who requested mutual aid from the Ridgefield Park Rescue Squad.
If your request for access to a government record has been denied or
unfilled within the seven (7) business days required by law, you have a
right to challenge the decision by the Ridgefield Park Police Department
to deny access. At your option, you may either institute a proceeding in
the Superior Court of New Jersey or file a complaint with the Government
Records Council (GRC) by completing the Denial of Access Complaint Form.
You may contact the GRC by toll-free telephone at 866-850-0511, by mail at
P.O. Box 819, Trenton, NJ, 08625, by e-mail at [1][email address], or
at their web site at [2]www.state.nj.us/grc. The GRC can also answer other
questions about the law. All questions regarding complaints filed in
Superior Court should be directed to the Court Clerk in your County.
Sincerely,
Lieutenant Arthur W. Jensen
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